parm /parm/ n.
Further-compressed form of param.
This term is an IBMism, and written use is almost unknown
outside IBM shops; spoken /parm/ is more widely distributed, but
the synonym arg is favored among hackers. Compare arg,
var.
Further-compressed form of param.
This term is an IBMism, and written use is almost unknown
outside IBM shops; spoken /parm/ is more widely distributed, but
the synonym arg is favored among hackers. Compare arg,
var.
Related:
- parm /parm/ n.
Further-compressed form of param.
This term is an IBMism, and written use is almost unknown... - param /p*-ram'/ n.
[common] Shorthand for
`parameter'.
See also parm; compare arg, var... - arg: /arg/ n. Abbreviation for `argument' (to a function),
used so often as to have become a new word (like `piano'... - arg /arg/ n.
Abbreviation for `argument' (to a
function),
used so often as to have become a new word (like ... - var /veir/ or /var/ n.
Short for `variable'.
Compare arg,
param... - AI /A-I/ n.
Abbreviation for `Artificial Intelligence',
so common that the full form is almost never written... - AI: /A-I/ n. Abbreviation for `Artificial Intelligence',
so common that the full form is almost never written... - patch space: n. An unused block of bits left in a binary so that
it can later be modified by insertion of machine-language
instructions there (typically,
the patch space is modified to contain new code... - exec: /eg-zek'/ vt., n. 1. [UNIX: from `execute'] Synonym for
{chain},
derives from the `exec(2)' call. 2. [from `executive']...
